Room-temperature spin injection across a chiral perovskite/III–V interface

Hautzinger, Matthew P.; Pan, Xin; Hayden, Steven C.; Ye, Jiselle Y.; Jiang, Qi; Wilson, Mickey J.; Phillips, Alan J.; Dong, Yifan; Raulerson, Emily K.; Leahy, Ian A.; Jiang, Chun-Sheng; Blackburn, Jeffrey L.; Luther, Joseph M.; Lu, Yuan; Jungjohann, Katherine; Vardeny, Z. Valy; Berry, Joseph J.; Alberi, Kirstin; Beard, Matthew C.

doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07560-4

Room-temperature spin injection across a chiral perovskite/III–V interface

Journal Article · Wed Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Nature (London)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07560-4· OSTI ID:2403524

^[1]; Pan, Xin ^[2]; Hayden, Steven C. ^[1]; Ye, Jiselle Y. ^[3]; ^[1]; Wilson, Mickey J. ^[1]; Phillips, Alan J. ^[3]; ^[1]; Raulerson, Emily K. ^[1]; ^[1]; Jiang, Chun-Sheng ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[4]; ^[5]; Jungjohann, Katherine ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[4]; Alberi, Kirstin ^[4]; ^[4]

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RSEI)
Universite de Lorraine, Nancy (France). Institut Jean Lamour; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (France)

Spin accumulation in semiconductor structures at room temperature and without magnetic fields is key to enable a broader range of optoelectronic functionality. Current efforts are limited owing to inherent inefficiencies associated with spin injection across semiconductor interfaces. Here we demonstrate spin injection across chiral halide perovskite/III-V interfaces achieving spin accumulation in a standard semiconductor III-V (Al_xGa_1-x)_0.5In_0.5P multiple quantum well light-emitting diode. The spin accumulation in the multiple quantum well is detected through emission of circularly polarized light with a degree of polarization of up to 15 ± 4%. The chiral perovskite/III-V interface was characterized with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, cross-sectional scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy imaging, showing a clean semiconductor/semiconductor interface at which the Fermi level can equilibrate. Finally, these findings demonstrate that chiral perovskite semiconductors can transform well-developed semiconductor platforms into ones that can also control spin.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy (CHOISE); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; AC36-08GO28308; NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 2403524

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--5900-87460; MainId:88235; UUID:2c00c066-16a8-409c-a78f-b4c9c5f67b49; MainAdminId:73135

Journal Information:: Nature (London), Journal Name: Nature (London) Journal Issue: 8020 Vol. 631; ISSN 0028-0836

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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